Regarding this very point, I had written in my notes that we should recognize regional differences, community growth, specific economic situations in certain regions, for example the boom in the west, and the growth of Yukon.
Of course, the national picture cannot be described in such rosy terms. The demographics of official language communities are shrinking almost everywhere except for a few small regions of Canada. How can we improve the situation? For example, we held meetings in Yukon with 10 consultants hired by the government of the territories to meet with three members of the Yukon government. We were told that we were about to reach new agreements and recognize the needs of our communities. However, in the end, everyone got the same thing. Everyone got the same percentage of increase, everyone was treated in the same way. In Yukon, there was no infrastructure in the 1980s. Today, we have a new school, a new child care centre.
In my opinion, if we stop there, we will come to a point of exhaustion and lose our personnel. We have reached a critical mass for the child care centre and the school. All the space is being used, and that also applies to the community centre.